[AP] – Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills fell in Tuesday s auction to the lowest levels since late June. The Treasury Department auctioned $30 billion in three-month bills at a discount rate of 0.135 percent, down from 0.145 percent last week.

[AP] – Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills fell in Tuesday s auction to the lowest levels since late June. The Treasury Department auctioned $30 billion in three-month bills at a discount rate of 0.135 percent, down from 0.145 percent last week.

[at The Wall Street Journal] – Hedge Funds Cave In to Rallying Bond Market Hedge funds and other speculative investors turned bullish on the benchmark 10-year Treasury notes for the first time in 20 months, as many participants caved in to a rallying bond market.

[at The Wall Street Journal] – Hedge Funds Cave In to Rallying Bond Market Hedge funds and other speculative investors turned bullish on the benchmark 10-year Treasury notes for the first time in 20 months, as many participants caved in to a rallying bond market.

[at The Wall Street Journal] – Royal Mail Pension Plan Narrows Deficit A sophisticated derivatives strategy has helped the pension fund for the U.K. s Royal Mail to make a 29% return on its money last year, reducing the company s deficit and potentially helping along its possible privatization.

[at The Wall Street Journal] – Royal Mail Pension Plan Narrows Deficit A sophisticated derivatives strategy has helped the pension fund for the U.K. s Royal Mail to make a 29% return on its money last year, reducing the company s deficit and potentially helping along its possible privatization.

[at Reuters] – Two regional Federal Reserve banks, Kansas City and Dallas, pushed again for a modest increase in the rate charged to banks for emergency loans, according to minutes from an August policy meeting released on Tuesday.

[at Reuters] – Two regional Federal Reserve banks, Kansas City and Dallas, pushed again for a modest increase in the rate charged to banks for emergency loans, according to minutes from an August policy meeting released on Tuesday.

[at MarketWatch] – The Treasury Department sold $33 billion in 3-year notes Tuesday at a yield of 0.79%, a record low for an auction. Bidders offered to buy 3.21 times the amount of debt sold, compared to an average of 3.10 times for the past 12 months.

[at MarketWatch] – The Treasury Department sold $33 billion in 3-year notes Tuesday at a yield of 0.79%, a record low for an auction. Bidders offered to buy 3.21 times the amount of debt sold, compared to an average of 3.10 times for the past 12 months.